Area roundup: Cory Mitchell joins brother Bo Levi with CFL’s Calgary Stampeders

Former Eastern Washington Eagles wide receiver Cory Mitchell will join his brother Bo Levi Mitchell as a member of the Canadian Football League’s Calgary Stampeders after signing a free-agent contract last week.

Cory graduated from high school in 2006 but didn’t start playing for the Eagles until 2010. In four seasons at EWU, he caught 101 passes, scored 10 touchdowns and averaged 17.6 yards per kickoff return.

Bo Levi, the quarterback for the CFL’s defending champions, led the Eagles to the 2010 NCAA Football Championship Subdivision title – a 20-19 win over Delaware in which he threw three TD passes in the final 16:48 for the victory.

Bo Levi was named the MVP of the Grey Cup last season after passing for 334 yards. He has started 18 games for the Stampeders and won 16 of them.

Baseball

Whitworth Pirates senior catcher Joshua Davis has been named to the D3Baseball.com All-West Region first team, the school announced Wednesday.

Pirates junior outfielder Jeremy Druffel and senior starting pitcher Dan Scheibe were named to the second team.

Davis, who split time at catcher and first base, batted .353 with 36 runs batted in, 10 home runs and a Northwest Conference-leading 45 runs scored.

Druffel batted .382 with 30 RBIs and 37 runs scored. He also stole 12 bases.

Scheibe posted a 9-3 record with a 2.10 earned-run average. He struck out 104 batters in 81 1/3 innings – an average of 11.51 per nine innings pitched.

Track and field

Whitworth standout Joe Green was named the West Region Field Athlete of the Year by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

Green had the top mark in the region in the pole vault when he cleared 17 feet, 3/4 inches.

Whitworth’s Toby Schwarz was named the men’s West Region Coach of the Year. The Pirates’ Joe Van Hoomissen was the women’s West Region Assistant Coach of the Year.